Picking up those brushes again.

Hi and welcome to the occasional mutterings of Dave Doc, a military modeller and some time gamer. Gaming and model making has given me a real education, History & Geography(obvious really), Artistry, Politics, Economics, Logistics, Project Management -you try building miniature armies without the last 3.

I will use the blog to record my creations & the odd occasion I actually do some gaming.

I have always been inspired by the aesthetic side of gaming. Playing on well constructed terrain using excellently painted units is always a joy.

Tuesday, 3 May 2016

Sudan - Naval Brigade Gun team and terrain bits.

Along with the various bits of ongoing terrain works I decided to scratch an itch that has been playing up for a while. Namely I wanted a Naval Brigade team actually pulling their limber and gun. This was going to take some tinkering about with. I had sourced a limber set from Irregular Miniatures a while ago, this was married with a spare Connoisseur Gardner gun - I just needed some lads to pull it. These I found from the Perry metal range - set SB15 Naval Brigade running at trail.

The figures from the set have a separate hand holding the rifle on the right hand side. The left hand was suitable for just drilling and holding a rope. For the right hand side I added a solder made "fist" to the figure which was shaped with a file then drilled through.

I made rope from my usual garden twisty wire by winding two lengths together after attaching then into a mini drill - a few spins and the rope is formed. This was fed through the hands , a quick touch of the soldering iron held them all together. The ropes were attached to the limber. I fixed everything to a single base , and then painted it. The gun has a cover added with milliput.

Overall very pleased - it may not be 100% accurate - but it does the job . I need to make another one now as I have two deployed guns.

I also completed the two large buildings. Fairly simple paint job on the buildings , starting with a flat earth colour and just heavy drybrush up in lighter sandy colours. They are impressive sized building so will do nicely for any large town.